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Press & Sun-Bulletin Sunday, July 15, 2001 Cheevers says N.Y. budget process must be changed BY WILLIAM MOYER Press & Sun-Bulletin TOWN OF UNION --- In a surprise announcement Saturday, Town of Union Supervisor John "Jack" E. Cheevers said he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor. "I've been thinking about this for sometime," Cheevers said Saturday. "I've talked with a lot of people. We're going after it." The five-term town supervisor said he was prompted to get into the race because state government is laden with negative issues, including a flawed budget process. "We've got to have a fundamental change in the way the budget is handled," said Cheevers, referring to the 17 consecutive years in which lawmakers have not approved a budget by the April 1 deadline. Cheevers will run against two high-profile candidates in next year's Democratic primary to nominate a challenger to run against Republican Gov. George Pataki. Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo And state Comptroller H. Carl McCall have already accumulated multi-million-dollar bank accounts for the statewide race. Cuomo officials said Saturday the son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo has raised $4.6 million for his campaign. McCall's campaign has $5 million in the bank, according to his officials. Meanwhile, Pataki's campaign has reported $12 million in its checkbook for the 2002 race against the Democratic nominee. "We won't be able to match them money-wise," Cheevers said. "But we might surprise some people with what we get." A political and professional colleague applauded Cheevers for tossing his name into the Democratic primary. Emil Bielecki, who is an investment broker at Cheevers, Hand & Angeline as well as a Republican member of the Vestal town council, says Cheevers has statewide issues he wants addressed. "He's going to do it in this fashion," said Bielecki, a former county legislator. "You can't fault the man." Cheevers said he will outline his positions when he formally announced his campaign in a couple of weeks in Albany. But, in addition to the budget stalemate, Cheevers said he objects to Pataki's "feel good" advertisements about New York state, saying they are a way of getting the public to pay for the governor's re-election campaign. |
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